Kevin, you're an Elvis Costello fan? I just got into him this year and I really enjoy the 3 albums of his I own so far.

And here's 'I Need You' by The Who, a Keith Moon-written pop song that I've always considered a guilty pleasure, despite the absurdly high-mixed drums. The song was one of the two pieces he contributed with on 'A Quick One'.

And here's 'I Need You' by The Who, a Keith Moon-written pop song that I've always considered a guilty pleasure, despite the absurdly high-mixed drums. The song was one of the two pieces he contributed with on 'A Quick One'.

I've always liked that weird song by Moony & the Johndogs as well. Here's another "I Need You" by the Kinks.

Just another copy of "You Really Got Me" and "All Day And All Of The Night", but enjoyable anyway.

Yeah, but thats the beauty of it. That hard, raunchy sound. I still say the Kinks were the first heavy metal ever. The Beatles, Stones, and Who paled in comparison at that time when it came to playing the hard stuff.

however it would have been good if Dave couldve learned a new lead break !

Actually, during the early years the Kinks always repeated a successful formula: "You Really Got Me"-"All Day And All Of The Night" in 1964; "Tired Of Waiting For You"-"Set Me Free" in 1965; "Sunny Afternoon"-"Dead End Street" in 1966.

About the lead break of "You Really Got Me", apparently it's a one-string guitar solo, so if that formula was repeated then the variation of notes was limited.

But it's not necessary to say that I love the Kinks beyond their technical limitations.

Yeah, but thats the beauty of it. That hard, raunchy sound. I still say the Kinks were the first heavy metal ever. The Beatles, Stones, and Who paled in comparison at that time when it came to playing the hard stuff.

I agree, the Kinks planted the seed of heaviness, with a little help from the Kingsmen. The Beatles never pretended to sound heavy until the white album; the early Stones were not much more than a generic blues-rock band; and the first single of the Who, though fantastic, had a diluted garage sound (inspired by the Kinks, actually).

However, the Kinks never went far beyond that early sound, and later they got a more melodic sound, which dominated their essential albums from 1966 to 1971. I think the Who did the next step with the song "My Generation". So the tree of heaviness was initially cared by bands like the Who and the Yardbirds, later by Cream and Jimi Hendrix, and then the well known story.